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If you save money on your flight, you’ve got more to spend on holiday right? Here are 16 superb tips that might just help you secure yourself a cheap flight for your next holiday!

1. Follow the airline’s social media, it is a great way to hear about upcoming offers and deals.
2. Search the airline’s website direct, it can often show tickets at a very different price to third party travel websites.
3. Get on your airline’s mailing list, anothergreat way to hear about the latest deals, discounts and promotions.
4. Always search incognito,sometimes you can get a better price if your search history doesn’t show you’ve been shopping for holiday clothes!
5. Erase all search history before doing a new search, because believe it or not, repeatedly searching for a particular flight/destination can actually cause the price to show higher!
6. Choose off-peak travel times, it might be less convenient to travel at 5am, but the savings could make it worth it.
7. Sign up to a frequent flier programme, so you can work towards those elusive perks.
8. Get a credit card with air miles, because indulging in a bit of retail therapy and to then get rewarded with cheap flights is a solid win-win.
9. Don’t fly direct, just one short stopover can make a huge difference to the ticket price.
10. Mix (don’t match) airlines, sometimes the return flight is the costly one, but booking two one-way tickets with different airlines you could save a pretty penny.
11. Search one ticket price at a time if travelling in a group, that way if there is one cheap spot it will show up.
12. Check prices of nearby airports, as it may be cheaper to land a little further out and pay the transfer.
13. Use a flight booking app, Skyscanner and Hopper are both great tools to analyse and predict flight prices.
14. Sign up for email alertsfrom cheap flight websites and apps, so you know about the best deals before they are gone.
15. Consider going all inclusive, as bundling hotel, transfers and flights with just one provider is often cheaper than booking the separate elements.
16. Wait for last minute deals, it is a risk that just might be worth taking to save a few quid.

Don’t forget your travel insurance! The emotional and financial impact of missed flights, delays or a cancelled trip can be huge – make sure you are covered before you jet off on your next trip!

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Air travel is a mixed bag of experiences. Waiting, rushing, mild panic, boredom, elation, feeling travel sick… Here are a few things you can do to even out those highs and lows and be a bit less stressed next time you travel by aeroplane.

Hacks for before you check in

• Customise your hold bag – bright tape is perfect for making your luggage stand out at baggage collection.
• Pack all essentials in your hand luggage – just in case your hold bag goes missing, you’ll still have your chargers and toiletries to get you through the first day.
• Download all your tickets and passes – just in case you have no connectivity make sure you can access them offline!
• Have a hard copy of all essential travel documents – just in case your phone gives up altogether.
• Take a photo of where you park – bay 6B is not memorable after a week in the Bahamas.
• Wear your bulky items – to avoid paying for extra baggage.

Hacks for before you go through security

• Pack your devices and liquids at the top of your hand luggage – it saves time!
• Empty your pockets before you get to security – it saves time!
• Finish up the water in your bottle – so you can get a cheap refill the other side.
• Choose the security queue with business travellers – they tend to be more prepared so go through faster.
• Never queue behind families, hen parties or stag dos – they tend to faff more and be less prepared so go through slower.
• Choose the left queue – apparently most people are right-handed so will go right as it is easier. Left hand lanes should therefore be quicker.

Hacks to get you through the wait the other side

• Use headphones for noise cancellation – not for music so you don’t miss important announcements.
• Connect to the airport Wi-Fi – or risk maxing out your data allowance before you even get to your destination.
• Brush up on key phrases – Duolingo is an addictive language learning game and will make the time fly while you actually boost your language skills!
• If you haven’t already got it, get your travel insurance! A call with the lovely team at worldwideinsure.com will make the time fly while you’re waiting for your flight.

Hacks for on the plane

• Board last – if you are the last on, you may well get that elusive upgrade.
• Sit over the wing – you are less likely to feel turbulence. Morning flights are less likely to be turbulent too.
• Don’t sit by the bulkhead – that’s the safest place to secure babies in bassinets, so more likely to be where the screaming is.
• Ask for seconds if you are hungry – not all passengers take their meal so why not have what’s leftover if you are still hungry.